![]() ![]() Queen Elinor is trying to teach her rebellious daughter that her power comes through her dignity and royal behavior. The king is indeed the leader of the very rowdy clans but it is the queen who commands their respect and dignity. On the other hand, the centrality of the queen and princess must have been inspired by Pictish matriliny traditions. (I wonder if they are interpreting the Pictish beast as a bear? Bears are central animals in the plot.) Yet, the Picts are never named and these stones are not featured in the plot. The first stone shown in close up in the movie intro featured a Pictish beast and then next the broken arrow-double disk. There are many nods to Pictish culture in Brave, although it is probably not noticeable to people who don’t know about the Picts. Merida just wants to pick her guy on her own time, not when her parents want (and not now). The goal of all these motherless princesses was to get their guy. Have you never noticed that Disney princesses never have living mothers? Not Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, the Little Mermaid, Jasmine of Aladdin, or Cinderella, and if the others had mothers like Mulan, they were not part of the plot. Pixar also breaks the usual mold by the mother-daughter relationship being the real focus of the movie. There is no Prince Charming in this lot of awkward teens. None of the three goofball sons of the three other clans in Scotland appeal to her. All this Scottish lass wants is to determine her own fate, to find love on her own time to who she wishes. ![]()
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